Movielover1996

19th Oct 2023

Fear (1996)

Stupidity: There's no reason whatsoever for Mr. Walker to trash the other rooms of David's partners. Someone as tough-minded as Mr. Walker would have been able to recognize the consequences of his behavior. He could have simply trashed David's room and let it be. It simply seems like a plot device to justify David's gang attacking the Walker residence.

Movielover1996

27th Jul 2023

Lakeview Terrace (2008)

Stupidity: Abel sends a video next door showing Chris being sexually assaulted by a stripper at the bachelor party, which would actually get him in a lot of trouble as the video shows him encouraging it. Yet, for some reason, Chris and Lisa don't bother to use this important piece of evidence to make a case against his harassment of them.

Movielover1996

27th Jul 2023

Body Double (1984)

Stupidity: Despite being assaulted by an intruder that she managed to temporarily fend off, the female neighbor takes forever to say something when she calls the police, which is just enough time for the villain to regain his senses and attack her with a huge drill.

Movielover1996

27th Apr 2023

Fatal Attraction (1987)

Stupidity: After Dan confesses his affair to his wife, he never thinks about bringing the tape Alex had sent him to the police. This would have been proof beyond a reasonable doubt of her mental instability and harassment of him, and she would have been immediately sought out and likely committed to an institution, and both of the film's endings wouldn't had to happen.

Movielover1996

Stupidity: If the family is planning a big shopping trip, why would Clark still be in his morning clothes and busy putting presents in the attic as if he didn't know? And why wouldn't have anyone told him or reminded him before leaving the house? It just seems like a plot device using the foolishness of the characters to have him trapped in the attic.

Movielover1996

16th Oct 2022

Beetlejuice (1988)

6th Sep 2021

Double Jeopardy (1999)

Stupidity: Nick tries to get rid of Libby once and for all by sealing her in a coffin, but he never even bothers to properly check her for anything that she could use to possibly escape, which she ends up doing with a gun.

Movielover1996

28th Jun 2021

Aladdin (1992)

Stupidity: When Jasmine finds out that Prince Ali is actually the boy she met in the marketplace, she seems to completely forget about Jafar telling her he had been executed. She never asks why he's alive, nor does she even bother to confront Jafar about his treachery.

Movielover1996

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Suggested correction: The fact Aladdin was alive only told her Jafar lied about it. When she is brought back by Aladdin to the palace it is still night, not long after that she is confronted by her father and Jafar who has him under a spell. She hardly had time to ask about the treachery, probably thinking to do it in the morning. It is there and then Jafar is exposed by Aladdin. She probably wondered about it, but didn't figure out the implications yet.

lionhead

28th May 2021

Fear (1996)

Stupidity: In real life, David beating Gary would be a very big deal since it happened in front of many witnessed and on school property. He would at the very least be arrested or detained sooner or later, if not immediately, for things like assault and possibly reckless endangerment, and could very well have a lawsuit filed against him.

Movielover1996

28th May 2021

Batman and Robin (1997)

Stupidity: Mr, Freeze and Poison Ivy join together and plan to cover Gotham in freezing temperatures and plants, with none of them ever considering in the slightest that plants don't survive freezing temperatures, despite both of them being scientists.

Movielover1996

28th May 2021

Perfect Stranger (2007)

Stupidity: (SPOILERS) Despite knowing that Rowena killed the last person who was blackmailing her, Miles tries to use her secret to blackmail her into sleeping with him. Did he really believe that she wouldn't react with such drastic measures like she did before?

Movielover1996

10th Apr 2020

Jagged Edge (1985)

Stupidity: After Jack is found not guilty, you would think the first thing he would do is to get rid of the typewriter he used to send the notes to Teddy to manipulate her into winning the case for him, especially when she is sleeping with him at his home. Not to even mention the fact he hid the typewriter in an unsecure manner in a closet behind a stack of towels, a place where it would very easily be found. This foolish mistake exposed the truth to Teddy and cost him his "freedom."

Movielover1996

10th Apr 2020

Firewall (2006)

Stupidity: After Jack's attempt to send a distress email to his colleague fails because his office computer has been hacked, he secretly attaches the camera pen to Janet to move unmonitored. If he wasn't willing to cooperate, why doesn't he just secretly write a distress message on a piece of paper and show it to a colleague?

Movielover1996

10th Apr 2020

Firewall (2006)

Stupidity: There is a scene in which the phone rings back at the house and Andy goes to answer it. None of the henchman respond immediately, but instead WAIT for him to almost answer the phone before becoming making a move. You would think they would yell at him to not answer it or have one of them rush to guard the phone the moment it rings. Obviously the entire scene was done this way for the sole purpose of suspense.

Movielover1996

20th Sep 2019

Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

Stupidity: It was pure stupidity for Riggs to bring Rika back at her residence after escaping the hit on Riggs. The villains know where Riggs' love interest lives and this nor the option to hide somewhere else or safer never occurs to him?

Movielover1996

20th Sep 2019

Lakeview Terrace (2008)

Stupidity: At the end of the film, Abel had nothing to gain from lying about having a gun to the police officer. He had no way to prevent Chris and Lisa from presenting the informant's cell phone and exposing his involvement in the break-in and vandalism of the couple's house. Additionally, testing from the shots fired in the house and the car would prove that there were two different guns involved. As a long time police officer, Abel should have known that giving up the gun would have been the easier way out instead of lying about it.

Movielover1996

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